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Wandsworth 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXI.(Table 5.)Borough of Wandsworth—Tooting Sub-District.Infantile Mortality during the Year1905.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XXI.(Table 5.)

Borough of Wandsworth—Tooting Sub-District.

Infantile Mortality during the Year1905.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1- 2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes— Certified218934115118897105864132
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases— Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.............................................22
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............1..................1...1...3
Diarrhœal Diseases— Diarrhoea, all forms......1122...23227...4...125
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)......1...1......21321......1...11
Gastritis, Gastro-Intesti nal Catarrh...........................1............1...2
Wasting Diseases — Premature Birth112111511...........................17
Congenital Defects4...1...5...........................1...6
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...............4..............................4
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus45311315...1...11...11...24
Tuberculous Diseases-Tuberculous Meningitis.....................1...11...............3
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica.......................................1......1
Other Tuberculous Diseases.......................................11...2
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis......1...............1...1...............3
Rickets.............................................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) ......................1........................1
Convulsions11............1...........................3
Bronchitis...............33...2.....................11
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia......1.........12.........1...1......9
Suffocation, overlaying...................................................
Other Causes1.........13..............................4
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District (or Sub-Division) of Tooting.
Population (estimated to middle of 1905), 25,080.
Births in the year—legitimate, 863; illegitimate, 28.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 375.